Award Up to ten McKnight Scholars will be selected to receive three years of support, beginning June 1, 2026. The total award is $225,000 paid in equal installments of $75,000 in 2026, 2027, and 2028.

Scientists trained three machine-learning algorithms to find variants that distinguish AD cases from controls among more than 40,000 European AD Biobank samples. ML found as many genome-wide ...

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With aging, fibrinogen transcytosed via caveolin-1 into the perivascular space, exacerbating Aβ buildup. Elevated fibrinogen disrupted aquaporin-4 function. Depleting fibrinogen rescued CAA, ...

Award The prize is presented for outstanding research performed by the applicant as described in a 1,000-word essay. The Grand Prize winner will be awarded a cash prize of USD 25,000 and will be ...

Artificial intelligence learns to recognize subtle biochemical features of γ-secretase substrates. Screening potential transmembrane proteins identifies 250 substrates, including 160 novel ones. These ...

Eight months after Eli Lilly reported that a more gradual titration for donanemab nearly halved the risk of ARIA-E, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the modification the green light.

256 plasma proteins associate with cognitive decline across diseases. 996 other proteins associate with neurodegeneration. The blood-barrier barrier changes more with age than disease. APOE4 carriers ...

Why do some people age rapidly while others maintain their health well into their 80s and 90s? A new study suggests that maintaining “youthful” organs may be key. Scientists led by Tony Wyss-Coray at ...

κWhen microglia wind up with a belly full of lipid droplets, it’s a sign that the cells are rallying, perhaps in vain, to a neurodegenerative threat. But according to a study published July 10 in Cell ...

Dozens of rodents have been generated that model various aspects of ALS, like motor impairment or degeneration of motor neurons. No model recapitulates the human disease perfectly. By organizing ...

Award MBRF and AFAR will provide up to two 3-year awards of $750,000 each to advanced Assistant Professors and recently appointed Associate Professors (MDs and PhDs). One award will be made to support ...